says it must temporarily shut down. fog. finally some heat relief in your forecast. not a lot in your inland valleys, but, hey, by tomorrow temperatures tumble and we might get showers over the weekend. a lot to go over. >> thank the fog for coming in and looking over here for the bay bridge where there's no problem for visibility and i'm looking also for the construction. reports of one lane blocked. a live look outside and today is friday, may 2nd. this is "today in the bay." you would think by now i would know the name of the show, but, good morning, everybody. it's friday. i'm scott mcgrew. >> it's 5:00 a.m. i'm laura garcia-cannon. developing news from ukraine i the country launched its first major assault against prorussian

forces. two ukrainian helicopters shot down during the operation. peggy bunker joins us with the latest, including what vladimir putin is saying this morning. >> more violent fighting broke out in the town in eastern ukraine and reportedly two ukrainian helicopters were shot down by pro-russian insurgents and the images we're seeing show a war-torn ukraine. this is from a russian television station and it reportedly shows an injured helicopter pilot being removed from the wreckage. we have confirmed that one of the helicopter pilots died and the other was reportedly injured and captured and now the violence centers around pro-russian separatists. it could be a replay of what has already happened falling into a russian territory. ukraine interior minister said they're staging a huge counter offensive and taking control of nine checkpoints despite fear fighting from prorussian forces.

meantime today at the white house the situation in ukraine will come to a head as the president meets with angela merkel to specifically discuss this conflict in ukraine. it is thought that the president will apply serious pressure to merkel to impose german sanctions on russia and closer to vladimir putin than obama and her role is something the white house will be likely asking for. >> interesting to see what they say, thanks, peggy. we also continue to follow breaking news. officials say a preliminary investigation suggests distance control systems may have caused a subway crash in south korea's capital. the train slammed into a second train parked at the station as many as 200 people now have been hurt. most of those injuries, if not all of them are minor. investigators trying to figure out what caused that control system to malfunction. the accident, of course, comes just two weeks after that ferry sunk off the coast of south korea killing 300 people. since then, the government has

been so heavily criticized about lax safety practices that the country's prime minister had to step down. new this morning, a person had to be taken by helicopter to the hospital after he or she was hit by a car on a freeway off ramp, happened on the off ramp from eastbound 580 to east grant line road just before 3:00 this morning. officials say the pedestrian was on the off ramp for some reason and was hit by a car. drivers stayed at the scene cooperating with police. the extent of the victim's injuries are unclear at this hour. way out between livermore and tracy. uc berkeley is one of 55 universities nationwide for how it handles sexual abuse complaints. earlier this year uc berkeley students and alumni filed a complaint accusing of keeping sexual assaults in the dark about investigations and not adequately disciplining alleged attackers. berkeley is cooperating fully with the investigation and working on how it improves

sexual assault cases. just because the university is under investigation, however, does not mean it violated the law. a number of other high-profile universities on that list including usc, ohio state, harvard and princeton and dartmouth. helping businesses on the peninsula is forcing one restaurant to shut down. the melt is right in a construction zone. workers say the melt, workers at the melt say the conditions out there are so bad, they're just simply not going to be able to make any money this summer. christie smith live outside the restaurant. dealing with fewer parking spots and torn up streets for a year now. >> good morning to you. they say when this beautification project first started last april that's when the problems started. they really noticed it in january and that's when the project, the construction moved from one end of the street to where you see it going on here and, of course, the road is closed here.

the melt, this little business on the corner. you can see their slogan there, grilled cheese happiness. what they're saying is that they are basically going to have to turn off the grill for summer because it is not very welcoming environment out here for their customers. the founder tells the san mateo daily journal the construction is not making it a happy place at all. street scaping going on between primrose and in january construction moved near the shop's front door and that's when they say the dust and the debris became a real issue for their customers. what is going on here this is a $16 million beautification project going on on burlinggame avenue. it is putting in a lot of features that would be friendly for people who walk, outside dining options and they're making the sidewalks wider and just to make it a more friendly environment for people overall. it's expected to be completed by the end of this summer, but the mayor tells t s the paper we tr

our best to run a major construction project with as little disruption as possible and we all went in with our eyes open and knew this was going to be hard. he also said, it will get better soon. now, the businesses saying that they might use this time to do a little bit of renovation and the workers here in the meantime will go on to stanford and redwood city and they hope to get the business back up and running with the doors back open by fall. reporting live in burling game, christie smith "today in the bay." >> on an optimistic note, it does look really nice. >> i think it will be very, very nice. the sidewalks, look at what they're doing to the sidewalks here. these are not your ordinary sidewalks. they're actually inlaid here, really a nice project. they're making them very, very wide. outside dining. in the end, i think it will be nice for everyone involved. they're saying at this point a hiccup in the road and difficult for them to do business. >> like castro street in

mountain view, thank you very much. >> we all need grilled cheese this morning. the ongoing drought could mean increase in water rates. east palo alto says rates will increase from 20% to 36% this summer. the increase will pay for the drought and new city water meter and a decision on the rate increase amount will be made later this month. here is a sure sign the warm weather is here to stay. when it comes to the drought, things are expect today get worse this summer, scott. when crews went up to measure the sierra snow pack yesterday, all they found was dirt. typically the area would be under five feet of snow this time of year. also you have tioga pass. there is some ice. the popular east/west crossing through the sierra now clear of snow and park rangers do warn about do be careful. ice is theoretically possible

and it will open to cars at noon and that is a sure sign that spring has sprung. >> summer sprung the last couple of days and spring making a nice comeback, christina. >> leftover between the april one snow survey and yesterday melted over the last two days of april. just extreme heat for this time of year. now, today, we are out of the 90s, we're back in the 80s and want to show you the difference between yesterday and today. just 24 hours ago. what a difference a day makes. onshore flow has dropped your temperatures to the tune of eight degrees in san francisco and you'll notice that difference when you walk out that front door this morning. just a couple degrees of cooling and inland valleys and fog didn't quite make it over the san francisco bay this morning. this is the warmest region and the tri-valley and extreme east bay. look at where we are headed. we are out of the fog early and going to increase throughout the day today and as a result our temperatures will climb to the

low to mid-80s. done with the mid-90s we had yesterday and then drop into the 70s as we get into the all-important weekends. lots going on across the bay area and give you the forecast with the big events coming up in a little bit. right now, let's check your drive, here's mike. >> no events at the bay bridge toll plaza and we have a big backup by some point in the commute and afternoon and evening for sure. no backup and i'm watching for any disruption, though. as we look at the map, reports just over 445 is when cal trans says we might close a lane eastbound 80 get away from the bay bridge and 580 and 880, no slowing and no problems on the live shot. we may warn you, a crew doing a little bit of work and a problem with that report in the chp system. a smooth drive here at the maze and the approach down the east shore freeway. and a fire in san leandro and just east of 580 and the fairmont offramp is the closest one and local traffic control. you do see a little slowing

shows up on our freeway, i don't think the fire is visible from there, but i'm not sure. the rest of the bay, at speed, guys. back to you. may seem hard to believe, but that pain at the pump we usually feel expected to ease sooner than we might think. this summer gas prices are expected to fall, dramatically. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live with some of the reasons behind that drought. good morning, bob. >> good morning, scott and lauren. it is counterintuitive. usually as we get closer to memorial day that's when you see the prices at the pump start to spike and they stay at that level throughout the summer. but what a couple analysts are say is that right now the prices we're seeing here, $4.17 a gallon and they're saying that right now we could be at a peak, that we could see gas drop back down to the $3.80 range in the next couple of months. the latest numbers from aaa as far as where we are for a gallon

of gas here in san jose is $4.23, oakland $4.22 and san francisco $4.32. if you look at where those prices were a month ago, you can see, quite a spike over the past 30 days. as much as 25 to 30 cents per gallon. now, analysts with the gas buddy website believes that we possibly seen prices peak for a few reasons. one, the price for a barrel of oil has dropped under 100 bucks. the price of whole sale gasoline has also dropped. many of the refineries have done their maintenance and started presenting their summer blends and doesn't appear to be any major issues which could cause a shut down and decrease supplies. this analysts think prices can drop 30 to 40 cents barring any surprises and those surprises were to be if we were to have a heat wave when the temperature gets hotter and a spike in gasoline use and, of course, when you have a greater demand, prices go up and if there were a problem with one of those refineries which would cause a

shut down and decrease supply, those could be some of the x-factors. very counterintuitive and good news for us who all have those gasoline-powered vehicles that we could possibly be at the peak right now and see a drop over the next couple of months. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> nice to have some rare, good news. well, it is 5:12. ibm showing off a new generation of artificial intelligence. a computer that can talk back, coming up next. a new video out of canada. hikers airlifted out of a park after they get lost. got a story for nbc bay area investigative unit? call the tipline at 1-888-996-tips. or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com.

welcome back, everyone. 5:14 right now. live look outside at san jose waiting for the sun's arrival. the farmers market actually returning to downtown this morning. vendors will line san pedro square every sunday throughout the summer and the market opens at 10:00, i will see you there. the monterey bay aquarium has a new exhibit featuring two rare creatures. mid-water octopus now on display as part of a special exhibit called tentacles. the squid that you see on your screen. especially because it has both squid and octo ps characteris c characteristics. clear with spots or an orange color. first we had wasps and now the debater. ibm created a new generation of artificial intelligence. it has the ability to think and argue like a human.

it is a step up which was just able to spit out information on command. still in the research phase and not available to the public any time soon. >> they should have called it the wife. >> that's something you can say and i cannot. yes. i can only think it in my head. supposedly, supposedly this is the amazon first smartphone. bgr has an image of this phone. 720 hd resolution, two gigs of memory. "the wall street journal" they will launch that phone some time this fall. just minutes from now, we'll get the april job's numbers bertha coombs with a preview, good morning. >> good morning, scott, you're on record, 217 k. the analysts are looking for 215,000. if we get that number north of

that, it would show hiring expanding at the fastest pace in five months. the expectation, as well, the unemployment will drop to 6.6% and we're looking for data on factory earnings. the dow, after hitting that all-time high east, 22 points yesterday ahead of today's report. we'll start at 16,558. the nasdaq rose 12 to 4127. so, do you like what michelle obama wears? you like that j. crew look? j. crew is developing a new floor mat aimed at budget conscious shoppers. the chain will offer merchandise and even signed a few leases, but hasn't opened any stores yet. not sure where those stores are. but, you know, sort of a chapter out of the playbook, you have gap, banana and old navy and now maybe we'll have another division of j. crew, as well. back to you. >> very, very smart man. thank you much.

>> bertha rocking a j. crew look today. all right, what to wear today. so hot the last few days and a 20 degree cool down. >> it's going to be one of the days where the microclimate will dictate what kind of weather you get. if you're at the coast, temperatures will drop off, the time now is 5:18. let's get you outdoors and show you what you're looking at. taking a live look. downtown san jose looking good this morning. mostly clear here and patchy fog developing at the coast. that will be the case as we head throughout the morning hours. right now mostly fog free and i want to show you the one place where it's starting to settle in and that's the city by the bay. welcome site for a lot of people. whenever you see the coastal clouds moving over the mountain side and we'll have cooler weather and for today we're already experiencing that about ten degrees cooler than yesterday. afternoon temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees cooler than average in the inland valleys and head throughout the evening sunset tonight at 7:56 and it

will be spectacular and we'll have a mix of clouds out there as that sun goes down the pretty colors the reds, the purples and 76 degrees the forecast high in san francisco today. right around 85 in the south bay and let's talk about your weekend because it's going to be comfortable all across the bay area. 70s inland and 60s at the coast and around the bay. most of your valleys inland are going to be pretty comfortable. we're only expecting the 70s and no 80s on the map. if you want to head out to livermore, which can typically be pretty hot this time of year. you'll get a chance to not only experience the 70s, but mike inouye will be there. when and when can i get an autograph? >> you can always get an autograph. i don't know what i signed, but you're very smart about that, i trust you. you'll get there about noon and i'll be doing hula dancing and checking out items from maui and hawaii and getting tickets out there, as well. come to the peacock pavilion. we're looking over here towards

westbound 80 and in towards dublin a very smooth, easy drive right now. you have got some company but typical for 580. let's look at the speed sensors and slow down out of the altamont pass and no delays for 680 down into the south bay and 880 move smoothly, as well. northbound route, a few more cars, but nothing dramatic. a lighter build for the commute and no problems here or along the peninsula. along the coast, see highway 1, pacifica and san francisco some fog and that will be the case over the morning and she saw that sneaking over the city and tied in with the weather system and shows you we will have it in the north bay along the coast, as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. clippers owner donald sterling reportedly battling cancer "new york post" reports the 80-year-old sterling has had prostate cancer for a number of years but the news coming after the nba fined sterling $280 million and banned him for life

after racist remarks he made secretly recorded and released. the league's advisory committee moved forward with plans to force sterling to sell his team. now, sterling has not commented on any of this since the entire scandal erupted. three hikers who got lost in a mountain in canada have been flown to safety. in this video you can see them holding on to a rope as the chau chaupter lift them off the mountain yesterday. the steep terrain made it too difficult for a rescue on foot. luckily, no one was hurt. time now, 5:21. the very basic edition to levi's stadium that no other stadium has.

well, welcome back to you. it is 5:23 on a lovely friday morning. we're going to check in with christina and see how the weekend is going to turn out. in the meantime, a new report is

looking at exactly what went wrong for the u.s. speed skaters in sochi. after putting up the worst performance in 30 years, u.s. speed skating did an internal review. it found the late introduction of underarmor suits did contribute to the losses. another issue where the team prepared for the games. skaters practiced at a high altitude in italy before going to sea level at sochi. u.s. speed skating has promised major changes at the end of the season. mayweather versus the big event before the main event happens today. floyd meriwether weigh in tonight before their big fight in las vegas. may weather stands to make $32 million on this fight. the sharks wrapping up their season today. final physicals and to talk to the media. the first time we heard from players and management since the

team's epic meltdown on wednesday night. heard a little bit in the locker room post-game. we'll get an idea what is in store for the team in the off season. the new levi stadium is one of the most technologically advanced stadiums in the country. >> a little piece of plastic that may just put it over the top. fans don't just get cupholders but also hooks. the 49ers have added especially designed hooks to the back of each seat so fans can hang their stuff off of the ground. the seat manufacturer told the niners it was the first time they received a request like this. >> that makes total sense. spill their beer and, yeah -- >> among other things. let's check the forecast now. >> 5:00 somewhere, including right here. 5:25. taking a live look upper 50s out there right now. a return of the 50s, i should say. overnight, we dropped off by about five to ten degrees from the previous night. getting to sleep was probably a

little bit easier. temperatures out of the 90s for today but getting close to the 90s out in the tri-valley. 87 degrees there and 85 for the south bay and 87 degrees in the north bay and peninsula comferticomfor comfortable day. mike inouye, it is friday, is it light? >> flashing lights not typically great news for the morning commute but this crew eastbound 580 in dublin where i swung our camera around and spotted them. they're basically getting ready to wrap up their day and finishing their day and starting ours to look at the map and not major problem through the area. camera swung there the commute direction arrow opposite and slowing as it builds towards the dublin area and nothing unusual for around the rest of your bay and south bay peninsula moves smoothly and watch for patches of fog likely along the coast and across the golden gate bridge, watch that. another live look outside and show you how things are shaping up around the bay bridge toll

plaza. a little slower, steadier build coming here out of the maze and so far no problem on the span itself. back to you. >> pretty sunrise. 5:26. the april job's numbers due out in four minutes and a key indication of how our economy is recovering. we'll bring you those numbers as soon as we get them. a thrilling win inside oracle arena. there was a key injury during the game. details for you, coming up.

a bay area woman killed while ziplining in hawaii how it went so horribly wrong, next. crews still out this morning trying to gain the upper hand of a very large wildfire. and happy friday to you. you made it to the end of the week. you made it through that heat wave and temperatures will tumble over the weekend. a return of the 50s this morning and no more 90s on the map today and continued cooling some rain. lots to go over in your full

forecast today. you still have to make it through your friday morning commute. things might be different than we've seen. we'll give you a warning for the peninsula and coast side, coming up. a live look outside on this friday morning. look at that, bay bridge. that pretty shot. it is friday, may 2nd. this is "today in the bay." and a very good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. developing news in ukraine where the first assault against pro-russian force s has turned deadly. peggy bunker joins us with the latest developments. >> first we were focused on the overnight news of two pilots being shot down and killed and huge wave of violence has erupted huge crashes between ukrainian riot police and protesters who have overrun the police.

they're now seizing buildings. it's happening as swee peek. that video coming just into our newsroom and we'll have it for you at 6:00. after being gravely injured. this is reportedly the video of him being removed from the wreckage and however from a russian television station and they're reporting that that pilot is now being held hostage. it could be a replay of what has already happened in crimea and ukraine interrier minister blocking roads, taking control of checkpoints around that city despite fierce opposition from pro-russian forces. meantime today at the white house the situation in ukraine will come to a head when the president sits down with german chancellor angela merkel to discuss the conflict in ukraine. it is thought that the president

is applying serious pressure to impose german sanctions on russia, however, germany receives one-third of their oil and gas from russia, merkel will come down on vladimir putin is yet to be seen as they are huge economic implications in doing so for her. we'll watch that closely. scott and laura. >> thank you. are you feeling a little pain at the pump? help could actually soon be on the way. live in san jose where gas prices are expected to fall this summer. it's even surprising to me to say because i'm always talking about them going up this time of year, bob. >> they have been going up if you look at the past month we've seen a jump from 25 and 30 cents and there is this analyst that saying prices have peaked and over the next couple months instead of seeing them stabilize or go up maybe we can see them drop 40 to 50 cents which is welcome news for anyone who drives a car. >> pretty high. they're pretty high. i pay here about 50 cents more

per gallon than i do in ohio. >> you're glad you don't live in california. >> that's the truth. other than the weather. >> these are overnight numbers. you look at the average gallon of gas prices for san jose, oakland and san francisco. we're in that $4.20 to $4.30 range. that's where you can see we had this jump and, again, this is counterintuitive what this analyst is saying. instead of seeing the prices continuing, especially, you know, when you get closer to memorial day weekend where you really see that jump, he believes it is possible that they have peaked within the past couple of days. he has a couple thoughts behind his reasoning for this. the price for a barrel of oil has dropped below $100. the price of wholesale gasoline has recently seen a drop and everything seems to be stable with the refineries. there don't seem to be any major

issues that could force a shut down which could then, of course, decrease supply and increase prices. the refineries have done their maintenance, he points out. producing their summer blends. now, of course, he doesn't know everything. he doesn't have the 100% crystal ball. things that could have a negative impact on prices. of course, if there were a problem, but refineries or if the temperatures stay hot. if you have a heat wave, we know that when the temperatures go up, people use more gasoline and with that a jump in the prices. right now the prediction is we're at $4.17 and maybe this can be down to around $3.80 over the next couple of months. some time around the independence day holiday. bob redell, "today in the bay." the april job's number just released moments ago and they're phenomenal. 288,000 jobs were added in april. that sends the unemployment rate plunging to 6.3%, the lowest in

five years. down from 6.7. we did see a lot of yucky, yucky winter weather you'll recall. so, some of these jobs may have just taken that long to come back into the economy. we'll check wall street coming up in just a bit. also an update to breaking news. a preliminary investigation suggests a problem with the automatic distance control system. it may have caused a subway to crash in south korea's capital. the train slammed into a second train, which was parked at the station. as many as 200 people were hurt. but all of the injuries were considered minor. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that control system to just malfunction. now, the accident comes just two weeks after that ferry sunk off the coast of south korea killing around 300 people. since then, the government has been so heavily criticized lack safety practices. the country's prime minister actually stepped down. the family of a bay area woman who died while being involved with a zipline in

hawaii are waiting for answers about what actually caused that accident. officials say the 20-year-old was originally from santa rosa and she lived in hawaii and worked as a guide at a ziplining company. she was apparently ziplining yesterday morning in maui when she fell 150 feet into a deep ravi ravine. by intime rescuers reached her, it was just too late. >> the zipline goes through the gulches and so it made it kind of difficult where the body was, where the lady fell. they had to carry her off to the side. >> now, it's still not exactly clear what happened. whether the line snapped or the harness became undone. video from the ranch zipline where she worked. the company offers various different kind of zipline tours. the company is cooperating with the police investigation. crews are turning dirt and spraying water on hot spots in

southern california in hopes of keeping the southern wildfire from reigniting. the fire is burning since wednesday, but crews already have it about half surrounded. it's burned more than 1,600 acres and forcing 1,000 people to evacuate. weather has been an issue since that fire started and crews have faced another day of high winds and warm temperatures. new this morning, crews busy putting out a house fire in san jose, it happened near south bascom and curtner avenue. the house is abandoned and no one is inside and investigators are now looking into the cause. congressman eric swalwell will inspect the perimeter of san jose international airport to try to improve security in response to that santa clara stow away. he asked the government accountability office to assess the perimeter of every airport in the country. last month the teenager hopped

the fence and managed to wander around the airport undetected and even made it into the wheel well of a plane and then road that plane to hawaii. in a senate committee hearing earlier this week the tsa officials say they passed the security inspection just weeks before the incident. swalwell the only member of the homeland committee. let's look outside at the oracle arena. the warriors will get one last practice in this morning before they hop on a plane and head south to los angeles. steph curry and the rest of the warriors managed to stay alive 100-99. that's beside jermaine o'neal getting injured in the second quarter and game seven will be tomorrow night at 7:30, no word yet if o'neal will be able to play in that game. >> invite everyone over for a nice barbecue and then you have the game at 7:30. >> what time should we come over, christina, right? >> if you're cooking i say 6:00, laura. >> i'll have the kitchen ready.

>> unfortunately, it is going to be a little too warm for that barbecue for just one more night in your inland cities. but if you wanted to have that bbq, a little shrimp on the barbie in san francisco tonight, comfortable conditions and the reason why is the fog, i came in this morning at about 3:30. we had no fog over the course of the past couple hours. it's really starting to roll in and that is a sign of the cooler temperatures that we are expecting later on today as onshore flow picks up. 55 degrees to kick off the day in san francisco. you're on the way to the 70s. mid-70s on the bay side of the city because of that fog upper 50s to low 60s on the coastal side of san francisco. one of those days where the bay side is much cooler. 83 along the peninsula and if you're headed out and about, comfortable conditions all across the state and the heat is going to break and it has been hot everywhere. even if you want to go down to los angeles, temperatures in the 80s and won't be the trip triple-digit territory we have been dealing with.

down to 66 on sunday and so not perfect beach conditions, but, really, not too bad either. little bit of may gray in the morning and nice afternoons. for us, if you stay local this weekend, temperatures will drop to comfortable levels. here's the good news. we'll hold on to this comfort as we head into next week. for saturday and sunday, temperatures in the mid-70s. by monday way below average and then climbing right back up for tuesday into wednesday of next week. heads up, not this sunday, but the following sunday is mother's day. a warning to all the kids and dads out there, which is all of us. over to you, mike. >> whether you have one, got one, are one. anyway, we'll sort that out later. bay bridge toll plaza where we have a smooth flow of traffic right now. backup is in the cash lanes and we are seeing a pretty sizable backup for our friday. watch that and a beautiful day and christina said you go to the city for a little cooling and some fog. look at the maze and nothing surprising coming out of the

area. bay bridge plaza all lanes are open and green light there and the flashing lights for the fastrak and nothing else unusual to cause that backup. east shore freeway and you're at speed off of highway 24 and the caldacott tunnel. look at that slowing as you approach the dublin interchange and then there's nothing all the way to the altamont pass. folks are trying to hit the office a little early and get out early. peninsula, same thing. watch the coast because there's likely some fog going to be the case in the north bay, definitely. road weather index picking up the orange blob for fog. back to you. >> thanks a lot. 5:41. the search for the missing malaysian airlines jet enters the new phase. what officials are now saying about the possibility of finding the missing plane. it's all coming up next. one of three women held coptive for more than a decade inside a cleveland home tells

her story. we'll hear from michelle knight, next.

next week marks one year since three women managed to escape a cleveland home where they were held captive for a decade. this morning one of the survivors, michelle knight tells her story on "today" show talks about her dark past that made her stronger and ariel castro would hide the women when people would come to the house. the strong bond she had with fellow captive gina dejesus. >> i would take her hand and tell her everything is going to be okay. one day we'll get out. one day we'll be free. one day we won't be voiceless. >> knight talks about how she wants to start a new life including changing her name. watch the entire interview on "today" show at 7:00.

senior officials from malays malaysia, australia will figure out the next step to finding the missing malaysian airlines jet. the challenges are huge and the search may take another 8 to 12 months. recently the malaysian government released a report saying the vietnamese control did not tell malaysia the plane was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from radar. that's too long. now eight weeks and still no wreckage has been found. a popular peninsula restaurant said it will have to close its doors, at least for now because of a city construction project is actually driving customers away. "today in the bay" christie smith where a construction has been going on for more than a year now. good morning, christie. >> more than a year, that's right. the founder of the melt says it was in january of this year, that's when a lot of the dust and debris, construction came right to the front door here and that didn't make for a very happy experience for their

customers. and, according to "the daily jou journal" they just decided to shut their doors temporarily while this construction is going on. now a partial closure at the intersection of prime rose and el camino as part of the 16-month beautification project that is going on here in burling game and that's expected to bring in more friendly features for walkers, big wide sidewalks, more landscaping space for outdoor dining, that sort of thing. overall, a much more pleasant experience. the melt opened its doors in october of 2012 but now they're saying on tuesday they'll temporarily turn off the grill and wait this project out because it is an unwelcome environment for customers. their customers can kngo to oth melt shops. they're going to go ahead and work temporarily at the stanford and redwood city shop. the mayor weighed in on this, as well. telling the paper, we tried our

best to run a major construction project with as little disruption as possible, but we all went in with our eyes open and knew this was going to be hard. he said it will get better soon, though. in the meantime, at the melt, they're saying they're going to do temporary renovations and, again, wait it out and they're going to reopen the doors in the fall. reporting live in burlingame, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> little trivia on that, created the flip camera, as well. very strange little story. kind of fun. >> that is fun. >> thank you much. >> grilled cheese, they're fun. >> oh, yeah, grilled cheese is always a winner. yesterday you felt you could melt practically and day before that, as well. now we're going to get that cool down that christina was talking about. a live look outside and it is simply gorgeous and what a great morning to wake up, city by the bay, san francisco this morning. check in with christina and she

has a look at the forecast and a peek of the weekend. >> i want to start with your visibility because we don't have any fog that is going to really nr interrupt your drive this morning. about nine miles in half moon bay and that isn't going to impact your commute, but what that means is that conditions are nice and comfortable and this is what you can expect. return of those cooling clouds and a ten degree dropoff and cool ocean breeze and clouds increase this evening and your sun will set at 7:56. here it is, bay area, i know you want your weekend forecast. the good news is we are going to drop like a rock. 85 degrees for the south bay and 87 degrees today in the north bay, so, comfortable conditions. cooling back to average and holding on to comfortable levels as we get into next week. so, look at the drop off between today and tomorrow out in the tri-valley. significant cooling. you'll be even cooler on sunday.

maybe a little coastal drizzle as we head throughout sunday night. we'll keep you updated. >> good morning, friend on 101 northbound. 680 and 280 overhead and also a nice sunrise going on. a nice drive here and we'll show you the map for the south bay and we just had that creep as far as the increase in the traffic flow and nothing dramatic there. storei just around curtner a little blip as folks start to hit the road and that's what we're seeing around the bay. visibility just fine. fog not registering for half moon bay, pacific. i'll watch it as things will change over the course of this morning and a cooling breeze and i'll take that. fog, we'll watch for that. a slower drive develops over the altamont pass. a gradual build and friday a little lighter and getting out of town, there might be issues because folks go to the sierra despite that light snow pack and basically a very, very light snow pack reported.

we don't have any problems but people will want to get away. we have a nice drive. live look at the toll plaza shows you the cash lanes and all backed up and the fastrak not a problem. even though it's not a friday, we'll see it here. 101 through san rafael and sunrise looks beautiful. san jose's annual banding day which means the beloved falcon chicks will be banded to determine if they're boys or girls. a biologist will repel down around 7:15 this morning. that's where he'll place gender bands on the chick's leg. you can catch all the action online from the city's falcon cam. the greater two minutes in sports. this weekend at churchill downs. the kentucky derby is tomorrow afternoon and a favorite in this year's race as california chrome, the three-year old horse was born at harris farms and the broo breeding division of harris

ranch that is what we breathe and smell. >> it's not that bad. >> you grew up in the central valley. heading to southern california. three california bread horses have won that race in history. you can catch the derby right here on nbc bay area. coverage starts at 1:00. now, california chrome tweeted out this picture yesterday. that's how talented that horse is showing off his outfit for the big race and bravely admitting it is the same thing he won at the san anita derby. >> good-looking silks there. 5:51. a new car recalled this morning, this time involving honda. we'll have details, next.

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welcome back, everyone. it's 5:53. honda is recalling nearly 25,000 odyssey minivans because the side airbags may not deploy in a crash. the recall affect just the 2014 model. honda says a shorting terminal which prevents airbags from deploying and no crashes or injuries related to the recall have been reported. tesla being fined $89,000 for several safety violations related to an industrial accident that left three workers with serious burns. this happened back in november when an aluminum casting press failed. one of the workers spent several weeks in the hospital and still recovering at home. the workers were not properly trained and not wearing the proper safety equipment, as

well. tesla is going to appeal that fine. these days it seems like everybody is talking about selfies. >> you see a lot of them. when they include animals, really, anything can happen. a teenager from maine found that out the hard way. he wanted to take a picture with a squirrel and the squirrel wasn't as friendly as he thought. >> i saw a little squirrel and i started making a clicking noise with my tongue. >> moments later the squirrel jumped on his back and went down his shirt. the teenager luckily wasn't hurt but to add to insult, it was his mother who took the pictures of the squirrel attack and she posted them online. >> you get old enough you mess around with squirrels and even your mom is not going to save you. >> she put them on after he was okay. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> a lot of our local critters happy about the cool down coming our way. the reason why, there's not a lot of low cloud cover but it is completely in the golden gate

bridge. at this point you see the tip of both towers and as we head throughout day today, that means we'll see a cooler day and a cool night ahead and actually give your ac a break. right now headed towards the 80s and 85 in the south bay and 86 in san francisco. hey, what did you say you had going on this weekend? cinco de maui. >> lance our pr events guy that's something he came up with because we're featuring projects from the island and tonight i'll be at the college with comedy sports. a lot of chances to avoid me, stay out of fremont and livermore. looking for 880 and a smooth drive southbound with no surprises past the truck scales. we will look at the peninsula, as well. for 101, palo alto and very smoothly on the peninsula side. the map will show you no delays, nothing unexpected for this friday. looking over here towards the bay bridge and good backup for the cash lanes. as we look at the maps, nothing

unexpected around the bay and i'm tracking the bay bridge cash lanes as well as the north bay. this potential for some fog to creep in for your commute. the orange does register that and traffic and weather for our systems. we're watching it, back to you. part of a major east bay roadway closed this morning. we'll take a look at that coming up. the warriors may have to battle through a major injury to win round one of the playoffs. why the warriors want the league to look a certain way. plus, a new duet between michael jackson and justin timberlake on sale. how the r&b star helped debut that single.

right now at 6:00, hundreds injured after subway train slams into another train in south korea. two helicopters shut down. the new concerns this will shatter any hope of a peace

treaty between ukraine and russia. no summer spike at the gas pump. in fact, prices are going down, way down. we'll tell you why, next. so are your temperatures, which is relief for a lot of people. eight to ten degree dropoff for today. temperatures tumble even more so for your saturday and then we've got that rain chance on sunday. lots to go over in your changing forecast in moments. and the changing commute this friday we expect a lighter volume. we see that in most spots, but the bay bridge, look, the metering lights are on and we'll show you the impact on the east bay, coming up. a live look out at the city this morning isn't that nice? it's friday, may 2nd, this is "today in the bay." a very good frooifriday mor you, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> breaking news overnight the driver of a subway that slammed into another train this